A Netherlands-based startup, Aqua Womb, is exploring the potential of making a womb-like life support system for extremely premature infants. The objective is to advance the care of premature newborns ...

A baby girl born weighing less than one pound became the first recipient of a new technological innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital.

A TINY baby weighing just 300g has been born four months early – with doctors hailing the miraculous birth as an ...

A program introduced in Australia in 2018 has led to thousands of fewer babies born early each year, according to a new study ...

Earlier this month, Nash — affectionately nicknamed "Nash Potato" — turned 1 year old, defying all odds. When he was born at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Nash ...

Lauren's water broke when she was just five months along, leading to an emergency C-section, after which Blake was put ...

Infants born before 24 weeks have survival chances below 50 percent, and about 40 percent of those who survive face long-term complications. By 24 weeks, however, the survival rate improves ...

Human babies are born remarkably helpless, a deliberate evolutionary advantage. This early dependence allows for extended ...